3 Easy Ways to Stop Sleeplessness

Ever gotten into bed, excited to get a good night’s sleep, only to find yourself tossing and turning? Peaceful sleep can feel totally elusive making mornings a  groggy mess. Below are three simple natural strategies to help you doze off faster, sleep more soundly, and wake up well rested.

Trouble Falling Asleep? Take a Steamy Shower:
On a cool night, it feels so good to crawl into bed after taking a warm shower or bath. Scientists have found that by doing so, it will help stop sleeplessness. Research in Sleep Medicine from the University of Texas found that people who showered or soaked in a tub for 10 minutes one to two hours before bed fell asleep faster. The reason – a comfortable hot shower or bath, pulls heat out of your core to the skin’s surface in an attempt to cool down, thus lowering your internal temperature to levels that mimic what you experience during a state of deep sleep, making it easier to doze off.

Tossing and Turning:
Swiss researchers discovered a trick that blocks nighttime restlessness: Imagine a fish diving deep. When people visualized a fish swimming into deeper and deeper waters, they spent more time asleep and increased their sleep delta-waves (your body’s deepest, most restful stage of slumber). The study, published in the journal Sleep, credits this simple "self-hypnosis" technique with calming the centers of the brain responsible for attaining the deepest levels of rest.

Wake Up too Early? Wear Fuzzy Socks:
Women in Korea traditionally wear comfy "bed socks" to encourage better sleep, Researchers found the trick really works; as the brain interprets feet that are warm as a signal to stay in a state of slumber. The effect was so impressive, they found that those who kept their feet a few degrees warmer than the rest of their body slept up to 32 minutes longer. (Journal of Physiological Anthropology.)

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